How a Freelance Tester Could Find a Job?
Not all QA specialists work in software testing company. Some specialists prefer freelancing because of some personal factors or the lack of working experience.
Nowadays, freelance is rather popular. It has a lot of advantages; one of them is the possibility to work from home. But the biggest plus is a flexible work schedule. But the majority of experts in mobile testing, desktop testing or website testing are sure that it is better to be an employee of software testing lab.
Freelance is the best way to get the first working experience and some extra money. A lot of websites for freelancers are available now. There, the specialists may easily find a job. Many testers find upwork.com the most popular and authoritative website for freelancers.
Upwork.com provides the highest chances to find a full-time job for a long term. But for being a reliable and helpful site member, one should perform game testing, social network checking, Magento test suite, etc., effectively and efficiently.
Where May Freelance Testers Find a Job?
- http://qaonrequest.com
- http://www.careerbuilder.com
- http://www.utest.com
- https://www.passbrains.com
- http://www.userfeel.com
- http://www.usertesting.com
- http://whatusersdo.com
- http://www.indeed.com
- http://www.simplyhired.com, etc.
But freelancing has several disadvantages. The specialists should be very careful during interacting with unknown websites and people. Before proceeding to actual execution of software testing, one should make sure that the client is reliable and everything is legal. Besides that, a freelancer has to carefully provide the confidential personal information.
Sometimes for freelancers, it is inevitable to face the fraud, as opposed to the employees of software testing company.
Source: QATestLab
